In the last blog we discussed saturated fats. We will continue to discuss fatty acids with monounsaturated fats. II. Monounsaturated Fat Monounsaturated fatty acids are liquids at room temperature and semisolid or solid when refrigerated. Foods containing monounsaturated fats reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the “bad”) cholesterol, while possibly increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL, the “good”) cholesterol. […]
Archives for April 2011
Clear Skin Diet #6
When I started the omega-3 section of this blog I quickly realized I could not write about why we needed omega-3 oils if I didn’t know details about the other oils we consume. While researching the subject I found myself wading in the minutiae of fatty acid composition. I really did not want to learn […]
